Trunk



Dec. 14 1926.

- J. HoLM TRUNK Filed No'vl a 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Fler. 114i, 1926.

hill" Tirilli dell i JOHN HLM, OF .'BUTTE, MONTANA.

TRUNK.

Application filed November 2, 1925. Serial No. 66,332.

My invention relates to improvements in trunks, more especially in those forms oi trunks designated as wardrobe trunks, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object oi my invention is to provide a trunk which has the appearance or the ordinary wardrobe trunk, but which may be extended for use as a wardrobe, thereby accommodating clothes oii "greater length than that of the ordinary trunk, such as trousers, top coats, and the like.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described hav ing means for readily permitting the extension or" the trunk or the collapsing of the saine so as to provide a trunk ot the ordinary size.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for closing the trunk in its extended condition, thereby keeping dust from the interior when it is used as a wardrobe. y

A further object of my' invention is to provide a plurality oi" drawers or chests with a single locking means, whereby all oi the drawers or chests may be looked at one operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel i'orm of handle for the drawers as well as the trunk itself which can be cheaply made, and which takes up relatively little room.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view o1c the device in its collapsed position,

Figure 2 is a face view showing the arrangement oi the drawers and the means for covering the goods contained in the trunk,

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the trunk in its extended position,

Figure l is a perspective detail view oi a locking bar,

l Figure 5 is a section along the line 5-5 of Figure 2,

Figure 6 is a section along the line 6-6 of Figure 2,

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view alongV Hinged to one end ot the body portion l1 is a dust protector which is itself made up of hinged sections, such as those shown at 7, 8 and 9 in Figures 2 and 6. It will be noted that the section 7 is smaller in width than the other sections. This is for the purpose of folding this dust protector back upon the end oi the trunk in the manner shown in dotted lines in Figure 6.

Normally disposed within the body portion is an extension having sides 10 and 11, see Figure 3, and an end 12 which constitutes infact the end of the trunk when it is in its closed position. The extension has a rear portion 13. The rear portion and the sides are arranged to slide within the main body portion 1, the back 13 of the extension bearing on the back 14 of the body portion, see Figure 3, andthe :Front edges of the sides l() and 11 being guided by flanges 15 and 16. @n each of the sides 10 and 11 is a spring member `17 which is fastened at the upper' end as shown at 18 in Figure 3, and which is provided at its lower end with a latching member 19 arranged to entera lower opening 2O in the body portion when the trunk is collapsed, or an upper opening 21 when the trunk is in its-extended position. in the drawings, l` have shown these latching members 19 as being oi cylindrical orm. Flach oi the lat-ching members has attached thereto a pull strap 22 by means of which the latching member 19 may be swung clear oi' the opening, thus permitting the sliding of the extension.

1n Figure S, l have shown in detail a brace bar. This brace bar is arranged to extend across from side to side of the trunk and to engage in slots provided in ears 23 carried by the flanges 15. llhe brace bar is really made in two parts. One of these parts 24E, see Figure 8, has an oset 29 to 'ot the drawers.

torni a groove 30. The other part 3l has a tongue 32 at its end arranged. to enter the groove while a slidable sleeve 33 is provided which' is arranged to hold the overlapped portions 24 and Si. rlhe sleeve is provided with a latch ineinber consisting oit a flat button lhaving a shank pivotally inounted on the sleeve.

As will be observed from Figure 2, there is a plate 35 on the central section of the dust protector 8 which has a slot arranged to receive the latch ineinber 3d, which when turned at right angles to the slot will hold the dust protector in position.

The cover portion 2 ot the trunl; contains drawers 36 at one end (the` top in Figure 2),'while three drawers 3'?, 38 and 39, respectively, are disposed below the drawers ln' order to provide for simultaneous locking and release or" these drawers, l inale use o't a loch bar el), such as shown in vdetail in Figure el. This locking bar, it will be observed, has at one end a curved tongue l2 which isarranged to enter an opening in an ear secured to a partition del. The opposite end ot the bar is provided with a keeper l5 arranged to enter an opening d6 in the upper partition i7 so as to prevent longitudinal inoveinent. rlhe bar l0 is provided with a keyhole d8 which registers with a lock i9 on the drawer 37. it 50, l have shown a handle which is inade by punching out a potion ot the bar 41:0.

nach ot the drawers is pro ided with an individual handle 5l. lhis handle is tornied by a single sheet ot nietal stainl ed so as to provide triangular shaped end portions 52 with a central cylindrical portion joining said end portions. rEhe handles are disposed across recesses in the Jfront walls litlhen it is desired to loci: the drawers, the tongue l2 ot the loclring lar is slipped through the opening in the ear 43, and the bar is brought into position with the keyhole 48, registering with that in the loch The 1Keeper is provided with an opening so that when the lock is turned, the bolt will pass 'through the opening doa, thus holding' the leeper securely to the partition il?, see Figure 5. rlhe bar iid, it will be noted, @verlies all oit the drawers sothat none ot the'drawers can be removed until tie locking bar is rel eased. i turn of 'the hey will release the loching bar, which can then be reinoved by the handle 50, thus giving access to all. the drawers immediately.

ln the upper part of the body portion is a slidable traine 5d, which runs on guide 55, see Figure 8, and upon which niay be supported clothes hangers of any suitable torni. The construction is such that the traine 5d niay be pulled out to obtain access to the clothes hangers and niay be pushed in when desired.

normes From 'the vforegoing description of the various parts oi? the device, the operation thereoi'.E inay b readily understood. ln

e packing the trunk, the brace bar portions 521i-, and are disconnected, or even renioved, to give Jtreo access to the interior ot the body portion. ln order that free access may be had, the dust protector is thrown baci-z over the top, as indicated in Figure G in dotted lines. llfhen the body portion of tn trunk has been packed, then the brace numbers and 3l are swung together, and the slidable sleeve is inoved to the position shown in Figure 8 to loch the portions together. The dust protector now be swu downwardly, the latch ed being turned to pass through the slot in the plate 5:35, and 'then turned at right angles to latch it in the position shown in Figure 2. Norvorally, there is a separate removable section 'to the dust cover which is designed to be used when the trunk is extended. A portion ot this cover section is shown in Figure lt will be observed that it has a plate 8 having an opening arranged to receive he latch ineinber 3d, and norinally this. Xtra section is carriedv just beneath the low -rinost section 9 ot the dust cover.

Tilhen it is desired to extend the trunk so as to use it as av wardrobe, the hinged dust cover portions are lirst unlatched and then thrown bach into the position shown in Figure 6. rlhe latch ineinber 3st is then turnedV so as to perniit the removal oi-l the dust cover portion 57, thus givingr access to the interior ot the trunk. The straps 22, ,which are secured to the spring latch members 19, are pulled inwardly and upwardly, and this lirst causes the latch inernbers 19 to withdraw from the lower openings 20, and the extension to be lifted until the latch ineinhers 19 reach the upper openings 2l, see Figure 3, when they will enter these openings and thus maintain the trunk in its extended position. Garments may now be hung on the hangers and the full height of the extending trunk utilized as a wardrobe. ln order to cover the entire trunk as eX- tended, it is only necessary toreplace the dust cover portion 57, latching it to the catch and than to bring down the hinged portions P the dust cover section which will register with the upper edge ot the reinovable portion 5i", and thus the trunk, as extended, will be covered. lt will be observed iironi iigure` 3 that the plate 58 extendsslightly above the upper edge of the auX-k iliary dust cover portion 57, so as to hold the lower portion of the dust cover section 9 securely in posit-ion.

lt will be noted that the reinforcing strips 5, see Figure l, on the slidable portion of the trunk, as well as the corner bracesy et, overlap the lower body portion l when the trunl; is closed so that the appearance ot CD c+ b1 C:

the two ends of the trunk are the same, and there is no indication on the outside of the trunk that it is an extension trunk, or that it is any different from the ordinary Wardrobe trunk.

It will also be noted that the brace member serves not only to keep the clothes in place and to brace the trunk, but it serves as a medium for latchingl the dust protector portions in position.

I claim:

i. A trunk comprising a body portion, a slidable telescopic extensiondisposed normally Within said body portion, one end of said extension comprising a closure for the body portion, a foldable dust protector hinged to said end, means for retaining the extension normally Within said body portion and for retaining itin its extended position, and an auxiliary dust protector section arranged to cooperate With said first named dust protector for covering the eX- tension and the body portion when the eX- tension is in its extended position.

2. A trunk comprising a body portion, a slidable telescopic extension disposed normally Within said body portion, one end of said extension comprising a closure for the body portion, a foldable dust protector hinged to said end, means for retaining the extension normally Within said body portion and for retaining it in its. extended position, an auxiliary dust protector section arranged to cooperate with said irst'nained dust protector for covering the extension and the body portion When the extension is in its extended position, a removable brace rneinber carried by said body portion, and means carried byl said brace member for latcliing the dust protector in position.

JOHN HOLM. 

